01 Record
CVE-2014-2994
Stack-based buffer overflow in Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner (WVS) 8 build 20120704 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an HTML file containing an IMG element with a long URL
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner (WVS) 8 build 20120704 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an HTML file containing an IMG element with a long URL
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 23.29% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 97.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2014-04-27 01:00Z12 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 10:28Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2014-04-24
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- c39b3eb2feefcf92f62ba2b9ddcecf0dcc51c8a583df0ec28de91f1a95ecf858
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/126306/Acunetix-8-Stack-Buffer-Overflow.html
- www.acunetix.comhttp://www.acunetix.com/blog/news/misleading-reports-0-day-acunetix-wvs/
- www.youtube.comhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHaMx8K1GeM
- www.exploit-db.com32997http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/32997
- an7isec.blogspot.co.ilhttp://an7isec.blogspot.co.il/2014/04/pown-noobs-acunetix-0day.html
- packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/126307/Acunetix-8-Scanner-Buffer-Overflow.html
- osandamalith.wordpress.comhttp://osandamalith.wordpress.com/2014/04/24/pwning-script-kiddies-acunetix-buffer-overflow/